Lawnflower

Common Name(s): Lawnflower Scientific Name: Calyptocarpus vialis Family: Asteraceae Sunflower Family Flower: 1/4" yellow ray and disk flowers Leaves: opposite hairy 1-2" leaves. Plant: Sprawling.

General Comments:

Common weed in lawns. Blooms throughout year.

Bull Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Spiny Thistle

Common Name(s): Bull Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Spiny Thistle Scientific Name: Cirsium horridulum Family: Asteraceae Sunflower Family Flower: 3" round head of minute yellow disk flowers with long stamen. Leaves: 8-24" Spiny lobed leaves which are very tough. Plant: 1-5', Leaves are in a basal rosette as well as whorled up the stem to the terminal flowers.

General Comments:

This is a very menacing yet beautiful plant which forms tufts of white seed heads.

Philadelphia fleabane, Daisy fleabane, Fleabane daisy, Philadelphia daisy

Common Name(s): Philadelphia fleabane, Daisy fleabane, Fleabane daisy, Philadelphia daisy Scientific Name: Erigeron philadelphicus Family: Asteraceae Sunflower Family Flower: 1/2-3/4" composite flower with yellow disk flowers and many fine white-pink rays Leaves: Basal leaves have stalks, upper leaves are clasping. all slightly toothed Plant: 1-3' tall with single or several hairy stems. Not Bushy

General Comments:

Common throughout the country.

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